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  • Sep 23, 2009, 06:20 PM
    whsjr
    factoring polynomials
    factor (x^5-1) using division by a 1st degree polynomial. I was trying to help my grandson with his alg II homework and was stuck on this one.
  • Sep 24, 2009, 05:44 AM
    galactus
    If you divide by x-1, you get

    then we get:

    and it is factored.

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